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Greenwell Spiders
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- Ron Eagle Elk
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
Nicely done, especially at size 18.
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
Thank you, Ron!!!!
- jcwillow777
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
I saw two recipes for the thread. One was for Green like I used. The other recipe called for Primrose.jcwillow777 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:26 pm Nicely done!That is one of my go to flies. I fish it year round.
Which do you use?
- jcwillow777
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
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I saw two recipes for the thread. One was for Green like I used. The other recipe called for Primrose.
Which do you use?
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I use waxed yellow Ephemera silk. I got my recipe from John Shaner. I'm sure he uses Pearsall, I don't have any. By the time I got into it Pesrsall was long gone. I used to tie it in 14, 16, and 18. Now I only tie it in 14.
I saw two recipes for the thread. One was for Green like I used. The other recipe called for Primrose.
Which do you use?
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I use waxed yellow Ephemera silk. I got my recipe from John Shaner. I'm sure he uses Pearsall, I don't have any. By the time I got into it Pesrsall was long gone. I used to tie it in 14, 16, and 18. Now I only tie it in 14.
Greg
- Ron Eagle Elk
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
I favor primrose Pearsall's Gossamer. Sometimes I wax it with dark cobbler's wax, sometimes I don't. Effective fly either way. I usually tie it on a size 14 1XS hook like a Daiichi 1640.
"A man may smile and bid you hale yet curse you to the devil, but when a good dog wags his tail he is always on the level"
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
Oh man! The fish will love those no doubt. The color is very attractive in the waters I fish here on the Front Range.
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Re: Greenwell Spiders
Wayne,
A fish magnet! Did you use a WFC hook?
Thanks- Ken
A fish magnet! Did you use a WFC hook?
Thanks- Ken